Little Bit

It happened a long time ago

The woman took a shovel

And dug that hole

She didn't fill it up

Then

She vanished

And now that little girl

Is left with an empty hole

She can try and try

To fill it

But nothing will work

It can get smaller

And smaller

But it won’t go away

For the woman took

That last bit with her

The day she went away

Without that little bit

It will never be full

Even with everything

The little girl gets

From the people

That she comes to know

It's not enough

There will always be

That hole

In that little girl

Or at least

Until the woman

Brings that little bit back

If ever